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A group of youths in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State called on the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to remove the Electoral Officer of the area.They made the call during a peaceful protest in Lafia the Nasarawa Stat…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has accepted the result of the Saturday presidential election result as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).The Party’s National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, stated this at a news conference on t…
ABUJA, Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu called on his rivals and their supporters to “join hands” with him, after a contested election with opposition parties looking to challenge a vote they say was tainted by fraud.The 70-year-old former Lagos g…
OPERATIONAL CONTEXT- Situation of Children in the NortheastThe year 2022 had approximately 2 million children and caregivers in need of critical child protection services across the Bay states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. The needs for children and comm…
The Labour Party Candidate, Mr Obi Aguocha has polled 48,199 votes to defeat the Speaker of Abia House of Assembly, Mr Chinedum Orji of PDP in Saturday’s election for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency.Orji scored 35,195 in a resu…
At almost 7pm local time, many voters are still waiting in Federal Government College, Enugu North in South-East Nigeria to cast their votes.Though many voters came out en mass as early as 7:30am to vote, the INEC officials arrived at almost 10:30am.At…
An apex Agbor group, Concerned Agbor Citizens, has called for calm as Nigerians go out on Saturday, February 25 to participate in the much-awaited 2023 presidential election.The group handed down the advice during a chat with journalists in Agbor, Delt…
With less than two days to the general elections, the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has said he is satisfied with the readiness of the security structure in the State, as the Police Commissioner-Elections, CP Ben Okolo, announced that over 11,0…
The Federal Government’ Special Investigative Panel on Oil Theft/Losses has called for deliberate conversations to drive legal reforms that would provide stiffer penalties to culpable entities involved in oil theft.The Chairman of the Panel, retired Ma…
Prof. Omololu Soyombo, a Professor of Sociology at University of Lagos, has stressed the need for INEC to ensure adequate provision of assistive devices to aid Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) during the 2023 general elections.He made the call in a pre…